CVE-2020-6191 Command injection in SAP Landscape Management

High 7.2 Published 12 Feb 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An attacker with admin privileges can execute malicious code with root privileges in SAP Host Agent due to missing input validation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-6191?

CVE-2020-6191 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in SAP Landscape Management, published on 12 Feb 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, allows an attacker with admin privileges to execute malicious executables with root privileges in SAP Host Agent via SAP Landscape Management due to Missing Input Validation.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6191?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Landscape Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-6191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xf9-38qw-rvjg.